Hello...anyone there? It's just me and the crickets as little sewing has been happening around here lately. Yes, it has been awhile. I don't really have anything much to share but I am trying to see if the comments on my blog are being sent to my email again. So if you don't mind saying hi I would appreciate it :) Waving to all my bloggy friends if any of you still remember me :)
This is me and my SVBQ quilt this summer when I went to visit it at the Virginia Quilt Museum. We weren't allowed to post pictures during the exhibit but this is a picture from their Facebook post and the exhibit is over now so I think it is ok.
If anyone is headed to Houston Quilt Show I would love it if you would take a picture of my quilt and tell me what you thought of the exhibit. It is called Beyond the Valley and is truly a beautiful exhibit. The original quilt is a stunner and all the quilters did a wonderful job with honoring it with their reproductions. It is quite an honor that they chose to include my little quilt in the exhibit taken to Houston, I would never have thought I would have something hang there.
Thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
X Block Blog Hop
So happy to join you all today with a fun project suggested by Doris of Quilting Queen Online the new owner of X Blocks templates and Amy of Sew Incredibly Crazy. We were given the opportunity to work with the amazing Block X templates and patterns to make a fun quilt.
I used the Pocketful of Posies Pattern without the suggested border and the 7 1/2" X blocks Template. It made a kind of elongated petal effect with the way they are joined.
I used Kona School Bus and Kaufman Quilter's Linen in Navy and Royal Blue with a Vanilla Grunge background.
I love the graphic effect and I think a baby will enjoy looking at this quilt as much as snuggling into it! :)
Thanks Doris and Amy for letting me play along with this project today!
Please make sure to visit the others and see all the wonderful creations in this fun hop!
I love the graphic effect and I think a baby will enjoy looking at this quilt as much as snuggling into it! :)
Thanks Doris and Amy for letting me play along with this project today!
Please make sure to visit the others and see all the wonderful creations in this fun hop!
May 7th
May 8th
May 9th
May 10th
Visit the bloggers on their day and enter the Rafflecopter drawing for a
very generous prize from XBLOCKS worth over $175.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
30 Blocks in 30 Days Blog Hop with Creatin' In The Sticks
Welcome to my day and the block featured is Broken Cinder Block! Thanks to Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks for letting me play along :) You can find the pattern for today's block here: https://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/
I chose to make a baby quilt using this pattern with a layer cake and a bit of background yardage...
Sorry it isn't a great picture the wind was horrible and the sun was hiding when I was trying to take this!!
I almost like the back as much as the front...I used all the extra 10 inch squares from the layer cake to make a pretty and scrappy backing.
Please visit all the other participants in this fun hop!!
Date
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Project Designer
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Block
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April 1st
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Block 1- 4
Patch
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April 2nd
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Block 2 - Double
Stuffed
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April 3rd
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Block 3 - Baby
in a Corner
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April 4th
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Block 4 - Dutch
Door
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April 5th
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April 6th
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Block 6 - Tacked
Up
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April 7th
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Block 7 - Stripper
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April 8th
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Block 8 - Staggered
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April 9th
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Block 9 - Topsy
Turvy
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April 10th
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Block 10 - Chunky
Pinwheel
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April 11th
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Block 11 - Painted
WIndow
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April 12th
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Block 12 - Broken
Cinder Block
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April 13th
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Block 13 - Reaction
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April 14th
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Block 14 - Median
Strip
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April 15th
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Block 15 - Center
of Attention
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April 16th
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Block 16 - Bounce
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April 17th
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Block 17 - Sweet
Sixteen
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April 18th
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Block 18 - Yeah
Eights
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April 19th
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Block 19 - Weave
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April 20th
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Block 20 - Classic
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April 21st
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Block 21 - Spot
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April 22nd
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Block 22 - Cross
Walk
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April 23rd
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Block 23 - Opposites
Attract
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April 24th
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Block 24 - Possibility
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April 25th
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Block 25 - Camper
Window
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April 26th
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Block 26 - Catching
Z's
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April 27th
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Block 27 - Broken
Stripes
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April 28th
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Block 28 - Stockade
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April 29th
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Block 29 - Dovetail
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April 30th
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Block 30 - Slow
Tee
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Monday, March 5, 2018
Small, Smaller, Smallest Blog Hop
Welcome to my day for the Small, Smaller, Smallest Blog Hop. Many thanks to Carol for hosting this fun show and tell :) I have deviated a bit from my normal quilty projects for this one as the directions were to make something small. I toyed with the idea of making a bag but a few things stepped in my way this last month which prevented that from happening so I thought I would share a Punch Needle Rug project I played with this last month to open up my creativity...
This is the front side...
(Normally rug hookers would consider this the front side but with this design's use of thin stems, it is the back in this case.)
I loved the pattern by AROUNNA KHOUNNORAJ and the wool and wool blend yarns were beautiful to punch with :) I am a fan of the oxford punch needle and think it was much easy and faster than the rug hooking I have tried before. This designer sees this side as the finished but rug hookers would typically use the other side. This design with it's thin stems is easier to see with this thickness of yarn on the "reverse" side from normal. It is hanging in my quilt room enjoying a place of honor among my minis.
This is the February box for https://thecraftersbox.com/ . I have never tried a subscription box before but this one struck me as different as you get a pile o' supplies and a video instruction for something different in the Art world. I am pretty stuck on quilting as my game so it was good to step out and try something new. This is not really an advertisement for them as I am not an affiliate or anything, just a customer -but I was pleased with this box and love the fact that I got to try something new :)
Thanks for joining me today and...
Here is the schedule for today as well as for the rest of the hop, please be sure to visit all these fine folks!!
This is the front side...
(Normally rug hookers would consider this the front side but with this design's use of thin stems, it is the back in this case.)
I loved the pattern by AROUNNA KHOUNNORAJ and the wool and wool blend yarns were beautiful to punch with :) I am a fan of the oxford punch needle and think it was much easy and faster than the rug hooking I have tried before. This designer sees this side as the finished but rug hookers would typically use the other side. This design with it's thin stems is easier to see with this thickness of yarn on the "reverse" side from normal. It is hanging in my quilt room enjoying a place of honor among my minis.
This is the February box for https://thecraftersbox.com/ . I have never tried a subscription box before but this one struck me as different as you get a pile o' supplies and a video instruction for something different in the Art world. I am pretty stuck on quilting as my game so it was good to step out and try something new. This is not really an advertisement for them as I am not an affiliate or anything, just a customer -but I was pleased with this box and love the fact that I got to try something new :)
Thanks for joining me today and...
Here is the schedule for today as well as for the rest of the hop, please be sure to visit all these fine folks!!
March 5
March 6
March 7
March 8
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